I've Moved!

Hello all!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my work!  I always love when I get a chance to share what I create with others.  As you can tell, I haven't posted on here for a while, but don't fret, I've started a new blog that I am updating regularly, so be sure to check it out!

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the new blog!

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And some more!

Alright, so I'm really trying to keep up with sketching daily and to post it up for the WORLD to see! They're pretty random, but I'm having fun with it, so I hope everyone else enjoys them too!

Just Sketching Around

So I've been very busy working on the house I now live in, but I have made some time to do some sketching.  These are just some random little characters I sketched, so I thought I'd share! Enjoy!

The Projectionist- Senior Film

Today was the big day! I posted my thesis online for the public to see. This was a project that I started planning and prepping during my Jr year at Ringling College of Art + Design and then created it throughout my entire Sr year. So without further adieu...enjoy!!!


The Projectionist from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

And if you really like it, please feel free to share it!

A Girl and Her Dinosaur

So I just got back from my trek across the country and I saw a lot of new and exciting things! Going to places I've never been was super inspiring, especially places with such strong cultural backgrounds like AZ and Hawaii!

Ok, so anyway, while I was away I was inspired to write a new children's book!  This past year I took a children's book illustration course and since, have been captivated with the process of writing and illustrating my own books.  Although I have only completed the one from my class, I have begun multiple other concepts.  This one however has really grabbed ahold of me.

Above, is a small concept sketch I did of the two main characters: the girl, Lizzy, and her stuffed T-Rex, Toby. Keep an eye for updates on not only my book, but other pieces I'll be working on!

Mother's Day!

I'm back! Thesis is over and I have graduated! It's a pretty crazy time, but I have more time to create my own work now, so keep an eye out for updates! Especially these next few weeks as I travel all over the place! This is a new piece I made for my mom for mother's day. Something simple and sweet.  Keep an eye out for more updates! Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine's Day

I thought I'd share this little piece I made for a special someone on Valentine's Day. I experimented with a style that I hadn't really tried before. I almost kept going with the piece, but instead decided to keep it simple. After all, people always say, "less is more."

Wow it's been a while!

Hello to you! Yes you, the one who is reading this!

It has been quite some time since I last posted, but I truly want to start posting more often, so make sure to keep an eye out for more posts!

Lately I have been working on my senior thesis, so it has been very busy, but it is due in just under 4 weeks! Time has flown by and it feels like just yesterday that I was arriving at Ringling for the first time. That may be cliche, but it is true!

Last week I put on the 2nd Annual Finding Beauty Art Show & Silent Auction. It is a show that I organized to raise money for the Relay for Life, a division of the American Cancer Society.

It was very successful and we raised lots of money for the cause!

On top of raising money, the show gave me a good excuse to make some art for something other than school.

These are the two pieces I made for the show. "Still" and "This Little Light"

Enjoy!

Christmas 2010

In one of my classes this past semester I was further introduced to digital work. So for some Christmas gifts this year I decided to do some little paintings and just different digital pieces. They aren't anything outrageous, but they were fun to make! Enjoy!

Figure Part 1

I was fortunate enough to be able to fit a figure class into my schedule this past semester. It has been great to get back into the habit of doing more drawing. I have truly noticed an improvement in my work over these past couple years.

This is a selection of some of my figure work from the first half of the semester. We had to submit a portfolio for the class during midterms and finals, so these are some that were in my midterm portfolio. Enjoy!

REVAMP

It certainly has been a while since I've posted. I finished with my fall semester just last friday and boy was it a relief. I've been wanting to post for a while because I've got a lot to post, but it has just been so busy this semester.

Now for the title of this post...I have decided that I want to revamp my blog. I redid the style of it, the title of it, and I want to post different things. I've found myself only posting my animations, but lately I've been trying to do other things, other art. So from here on out, you'll find me not only posting my animations, but my art as well.

So as my winter break proceeds, I will be posting more of my work, including new work that I've been doing in my spare time. Enjoy and keep checking back in!

Waiting...

Waiting, that's the project. Sounds fun right? It actually was! Our assignment was to animate a person waiting. It could be for someone, for something, for anything as long as they were waiting. I took mine in terms of a chauffeur waiting for someone at the airport. This was the last assignment in the series of little animation projects, now we are on to the big one for the semester...the Push Pull. I will try to keep you updated on how that one is going throughout different points of it, so keep checking in. Enjoy!

Waiting... from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

Silhouette- It's all about the pose!

Alright, so here is our second computer animation project for the year. It's another quick exercise like the walk cycle and we had about a week and a half to work on it. The basis of the project was that we were each given six words to choose three from. The three that we chose were the foundation of our animation and we had to get across those three emotions through our poses. The three words I chose were: hopeful, confused, and panicked. My story went something like this... Arti (the character) is hopeful that his love will come out from her window to see him, but gets confused when she doesn't end up coming out and finally panics when he hears her dad's voice yelling. Short and sweet, but it gives him some character. Enjoy!

Silhouette from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

The Start of a New Year: Junior Year

It's been a busy summer, but I'm back at Ringling now and we're already done with the first two weeks of school. We are off to a running start with lots of assignments and lots of work. Although, I must say I am enjoying them all quite a bit right now. I'm excited for the upcoming year and all that I will encounter, but also nervous due to the fact that second semester means pitching a thesis idea...scary. I should be posting quite a bit of work as the year moves forward, but here is the first project of CA (Computer Animation) for this semester.

It is just a walk cycle, but our teacher told us to show him what we could do, so I did my best in the time allotted. We were given the character and told to animate. I gave the character a happy go-lucky kind of attitude, almost as if he just had his first kiss. Enjoy!

Character Walk from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

Sit Stand!!!

Sorry it's been so long without a post... We've been working on the largest project of the year in our Computer Animation class, so it's been really busy. But here it is! This is my Sit Stand. The requirements were that the character comes into the scene, sits down, reacts to something, and leaves in a different manner. Sounds easy right...? No, not at all. It was quite the challenge to get all of this done and it has taken A LOT of time, but it has all been worth it. I'm quite pleased with my final product and I hope you enjoy it as well! Feel free to leave comments, feedback is always welcome!

PS: For this project, we came up with the story, designed the character, modeled the character (built him on the computer), rigged the character (made it so he could move)(including all of the facial expressions), did all of the textures and colors, modeled the environment, lit the scene, and animated it! Pheeewww

PPS:there is sound, so feel free to turn those speakers on :)

Sit Stand from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

Robie the Robot Banker

Meet Robie! He is another modeling project like the penguin. Although they are both modeling, they are extremely different to make. We only had a couple weeks to model him, but I spent a lot of time on him. Even with all the time put in, there was a lot more I could have done to him. Enjoy!

Robie the Robot Banker from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

Animation Exercises

Here's what I've been working on since the beginning of second semester for Computer Animation. It is a collection of different animation exercises. Each one has a specific goal about what it is supposed to teach us. They are also to help us prep for our upcoming project, which is the SitStand project. It will be my biggest project yet, so make sure to check back in for it!

Animation Exercises from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

Some Figures

So I haven't taken a figure class since first semester of my first year, but I've had the opportunity to sit in on some classes and workshops this year, so I thought I'd post a couple of my figures. Enjoy!

Simple Poly Exercises

YAY!!! The semester is officially over! It has been a very tiring semester, but I have learned so much. This is my final Computer Animation assignment. It was a collection of different exercises: a jump, walk, and turn. We had to complete the exercises using a "simple poly" character or as my teacher likes to put it, an object with legs. I went through different character designs, but decided on a simple mailbox. I decided to use a more simple character because I wanted to focus more on the animation of the character and less on the design of him. This was a great assignment and definitely taught me a lot. Enjoy!

Simple Poly Exercises from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.

Thief Animatic

This is our final project for Concept I. It is an animatic, a video of drawings from the main beats of a story. The assignment was to create a story where one character wanted to steal a bite of another character's food. We also had to have one character that was non-human. My story involves a rat and a chef...no not ratatouille...just watch and enjoy!

Thief Animatic from Tim Palmer on Vimeo.